Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Dodgers look to climb back on top of the division after dropping a painful one last night. Key to that success, as Sax's earlier post referred to, will be Matt Kemp finding his early-season form at the plate. He will look to do so against one of our favorite taunting subjects, Lincecum. Timmeh has not fared well lately at Chavez Ravine, where he is 0-3 with a 4.18 ERA over his last four starts. We'll also need some pitching help from Joe Blanton, who is still winless in a Dodger uniform. Blanton has gone 0-2 with a whopping 8.22 ERA in his three starts since being acquired from the Phillies. Should we let him wear his old Phillies uniform, then? For tonight's game, maybe it's really a matter of which pitcher will suck the least; sort of the opposite of last night's classic pitcher's duel.

Oh, and tonight is a bobblehead night, commemorating Fernando Valenzuela's June 29, 1990 no hitter. Nice glasses! Bobblehead nights usually bring out more than a few Sons and SoSG readers, so leave us a comment if you plan on being at the Ravine tonight.